Main Idea
Vocabulary
Text Features
Text Structures
Vocabulary 2
100
The Central Message the author is trying to get across in the text.
What is Main Idea
100
Word part added to the beginning of a word and changes its meaning.
What is Prefix
100
Things added to the text by the author to help the reader to understand.
What is text features
100
This means to look at the difference between two items
What is contrast
100
The author has this purpose when they gives facts, data, and statistics
What is to inform
200
They Support the Main Idea.
What are supporting Details
200
Word part added to the end of a word that changes its meaning.
What is Suffix
200
A glossary can be found here
What is at the back of the book
200
This means to put things in time order.
What is Chronological order
200
Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Problem and Solution, and Chronological are examples of....
What are text structures
300
The author will give you clues and you must infer
What is Implied Main Idea
300
The four different types of context clues
What is Synonym, Antonym, Definition, Example
300
Gives you more information about a photograph or an illustration
What is a Caption
300
This structure explains an event that happened and then explained why it happened
What is Cause and effect
300
The author gives opinions and personal beliefs in order to get the reader to do something, buy something, change something, or believe something
What is to persuade
400
Implied means that something is...
What is hinted at but not stated
400
They help you to determine the meaning of unfamiliar words
What is Context Clues
400
Two text features that are used to show a word is important.
What is Italics, bold print, or color print or font size type change
400
Gives details and tells you what something looks like, is like, or where it is
What is spatial / description
400
Glossary, index, table of contents, captions, bold text, and headings are examples of
What are text features
500
When you make an educated guess using background knowledge and the information from the text.
What is an Inference
500
an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning
What is an affix
500
A drawing that shows or explains the parts of something
What is a diagram
500
When using this structure, an author explains a particular issue and suggests ways of resolving it
What is Problem and Solution
500
The reason an author writes a text is
What is author's purpose
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